St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-09-20
A GREAT GAME.
Firemen Wallop the Police---A
COmSon Benefit.

A GREAT GAME.
Firemen Wallop the Police---A
Comson Benefit.
The game of base ball at the South
Minneapolis grounds yesterday after
noon between mines selected from the
police and fire departments, for the ben
eft of Maud COmson. was rather lightly
attended, the audience numbering about
200. Mayor Ames exercised his prerog-
ative as umpire by filming the spectators,
the players and himself roundly for
imaginary offenSeS. Over 500 was
raised by the game, which will be
turned over to the fund which is being
raised for Miss COmson's benefit. AS
an exhibition of scientific ball playing
the game will probably not take very
high rank, as the score indicates,
but there was plenty OF fun
and enough fairly clever plays
to keep the interest from tagging. The
firemen were III their blue shirts, and
white caps presented a very neat APP
pearance, and showed considerable
skill. They don't do anything but
play ball and practice, and our men
don't get the time,'' said Supt. Helm as
he watched the firemen piling up runs
with evident distaste. The fremen'S
nine were: Mike Foley. of No. 1 engine
house. catcher: Jimmie Wallace, of No.
6, pitcher; Johnnie Gallagher, of No. 6,
short stop; Billy West, of No. 6. first
base; Tom McElroy. of No. 6, second
base; Sid Wilson, of No. 9, left field;
George Keho, headquarters, center field;
Earnest Caldwell, Cataract, right field.
The police nine presented some start
ling contrasts. Inspector Doyle, with a
Knox hat gracefully perched athwart
his brow, occupied the box. and
filled it to its utmost capacity.
He was caught by young man who
masqueraded under the name of Baker.
George Blake, the mounted patrolman,
rolled around as short stop. Fred Cof-
fin, while he was not yelling, played
first base. Paul Mousse kept second
base from tipping up, and Mounted Pa
trolman Hall, attired in barber pole UNI
dershirt among other garments, looked
after third. Johnle VOgel was some
with the naked eye from the grand
stand. John Corey, the dime museum
cerebus, was anchored off center. In
spectOr Kinney spotted right field and
never cast a shadow. 1t was o'clock
when Mayor AmeS, after appointing
DR.. Quinby policeman to preserve order
and collect fines, called game. The
firemen went to bat and made two runs,
and the policemen tied them. The
second inning was remarka-
BILE chiefly for the magnificent
base running of Inspector Kinney. He
hit the first ball either by accident or
design, and then went to first base. The
word event." however. but feebly de-
scribes the process of locomotiOn by
which he reached it. His trip to second
again won. His long legs seemed to
open and shut like jack-knife as he
glided towards third. Here his brilliant
career ended, for he incautiously wan
dered away from his base and was over
taken by Len Sharp, who happened to
have the ball with him, and put out just
as he was about to fall to the ground
exhausted. That settled it. He with
drew from the game and his place was
filled by Mounted Patrolman Williams.
In the third inning the firemen unlim-
bered and ran bases as though they were
answering alarms from the milling dis
tricts. They batted once and half
around, and kept the policemen chasing
the ball in the hot sun until their
tongues hung from their mouths. After
piling up ten runs they turned around
and white washed the police The lat
ter, however, took their revenge in the
next inning when they went on watch
and made eight runs, and kept the fire
men busy answering alarms from all
directions. From this point on the
game was more evenly contested, the
police making fourteen and the fire.
men sixteen runs in the subsequent five
innings:
Firemen.... 2 30 8 8 4 o 2 5-32
Police. .......2 1 o 8 0 4 2 2 6-25
POLICE AND FIRE ALARMS
Inspector Doyle caught the ball as though
he had picked UP red-h0t poker. He in
variably dropped it without any one telling
him to.
John Corey forgot that he was not at the
dime museum. and informed the spectators
that they could not smoke on the grounds.
Paul Moussos base running was alone
worth the price of admission to witness.
John Gallagher threw the ball to first as
though he was passing line of hose.
George Pierce was fined for laughing at
the commissary department. ~
Johnnie Wallace made one stop that would
do credit to a professional.
Chief of Police Helm was fined 81 for going
before the grand jury.
Patsy Cardiff was fined for not breaking
SullivanS other arm.
The police commissioners were conSpicu-
us by their absence.
Sid Wilson had hard time keeping the
flies off of left field.
Dr. Quinby was fined for taking some of
his own medicine.
Billy Gavin was fined for taking in that
poor mans team.
Mike Foley en- masque was a picture be-
hind the bat.
All the police and firemen were fined 25
cents each.
George Huntington was fined for chew
ing gum.
Charlie Anes was fined for looking so
cross.
Hall is left pitcher and ran left handed.
The commissary department held out well.
Mayor Ames fined himself ten times
George Blake covered his field well.